Article ID: 163531
Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q163531
SUMMARY
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that counts the number of placeholders on the current slide and then displays the total in a message box.
MORE INFORMATION
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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Sub CountPlaceholders()
Dim MyShape As shape
Dim lSlideNumber As Long
Dim Count As Long
' Initialize the counter.
Count = 0
' Check to see whether PowerPoint is in slide view.
If ActiveWindow.ViewType = ppViewSlide Then
' Get the current slide number.
lSlideNumber = ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.SlideNumber
' Loop through all shapes in the current slide.
For Each MyShape In ActivePresentation.Slides(lSlideNumber).Shapes
If MyShape.Type = msoPlaceholder Then
' Increment the placeholder counter.
Count = Count + 1
End If
Next MyShape
' Display the total number of placeholders.
MsgBox "You have " & Count & " placeholder(s) on this slide"
Else
MsgBox "You must be in slide view to run this macro.", _
vbInformation
End If
End Sub
REFERENCES
For more information about creating Visual Basic for Applications macros, click the Office Assistant in Microsoft PowerPoint, type how to create a macro, click Search, and then click to view "Create a macro in Visual Basic Editor."
For more information about running Visual Basic for Applications macros, click the Office Assistant in Microsoft PowerPoint, type how to run a macro, click Search, and then click to view "Run a macro."
NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions
For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications
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